What does it mean that Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not? What does it mean to follow Jesus into this world? What does it mean to be filled, led, empowered by the Spirit of Jesus? Hmmm ...

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Another lesson from this week

We spent some time the other day going through Matthew 6:25-34. This is a passage most of us could stand to read at least once each day.

Anxiety is a huge part of our lives, and much of our anxiety has to do with the daily details of food, clothing, housing, transportation, and so on. What does Jesus have to say about these concerns here?

Note that the whole section of scripture focuses on Matthew 6:33. That is the key to the whole thing. If we let Jesus have our hearts -- if we seek his kingdom and his righteousness, he will take care of the rest.